Education
The Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law (RGNUL) students, Patiala, became a testament to Fawcett’s words when they chose to stand together against their Vice-Chancellor (VC) this week. In the scorching heat, 400 students sat in a protest demanding resignation from the University VC citing his sexist remarks and orthodox approach toward students.
Clad in a pink georgette sari on the special request of her students, the Head Mistress of Government Middle School No. 51, Kulkarni Nagar, Indore, reluctantly agreed to celebrate Teacher’s Day this year. “The students should be celebrated”, Ms. Anulata Singh would say whenever accolades were bestowed upon her. Awarded with Rajya Stariya Shaikshik Samman (State level Education Trophy) and chosen among 100 inspirational educators in the book Meri Shaikshik Yatra (My Educational Journey) after 31 years of exemplary service, Anulata had never imagined being part of the teaching profession in her youth.
An iconic white-domed building aka The Sathyabama University (TSU) stands tall on the sweat, blood and happy tears of a visionary who also nurtured an ambitious heart.
“Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) has come across a number of cases, wherein sexual harassment takes place among close friends. Boys generally cross (sometimes advertently, sometimes inadvertently) the thin line between friendship’s bantering and sexual harassment. Girls are supposed to know how to draw a tangible line (between them and their male friends) to avoid any such harassments.”
सावित्री बाई फुले का जन्म आज ही के दिन (3 जनवरी 1831) में महाराष्ट्र में हुआ था,उनका जन्म उस समय हुआ जब भारत में सभी औरतों के लिए बड़े कड़े नियम थे और उस दौर में बाल विवाह ,सती प्रथा, बालिका भ्रूण हत्या आदि कुरीतियां समाज में उपस्थित थीं। इन सभी में विधवा महिलाओं को स्थिति सबसे नाजुक थी, क्यूंकि बाल विवाह के कारण बहुत बार ऐसा होता था कि जब लड़की 2-3 वर्ष की होती तभी उसके पति का देहांत हो जाता और वो फिर तभी से विधवा हो जाती और सारी उम्र विधवा के रूप में बीताती, विधवाओं को समाज में कोई सम्मान से नहीं देखता था, बेवसी में उनके परिवार वाले ही उन बच्चियों का नाजायज फायदा उठाते, अनेकों बार तो गर्भ पति विधवाओं को आत्महत्या करनी पड़ती या उन्हें ऐसा करने को मजबूर किया जाता।
The gravity of this matter very recently came to light when the news of the PhD student Deepa Mohanan, made headlines. She is a Dalit student from Kottayam’s Mahatma Gandhi University, who resorted to a 11-day hunger strike to get heard against the discrimination that she faced, both at an individual and institutional level, for over a decade. Her fight did yield results and the Director of the Institute who discriminated against her, was removed.
प्रत्येक देश में किसी भी मौजूदा नीति में सुधार या उसके स्थान पर नई नीति तभी लाई जाती है जब संभवतः मौजूदा नीति समकालीन समय में अपने लक्ष्यों को प्राप्त करती प्रतीत नहीं होती। इसी सिलसिले में भारत की केंद्र सरकार ने 34 वर्षों बाद 2020 में नई शिक्षा नीति को लागू किया है।
Researchers from O.P. Jindal Global University and University of Baltimore are undertaking a nationwide study aimed at understanding the prevalence and incidence of Intimate Partner Violence among Indian women across all backgrounds.
COVID-19 pandemic with all its challenges has hit hard on children’s education, especially girls. With persisting gender inequality and increasing poverty, upto 10 million girls are at risk of dropping out of school because of the pandemic.